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My Corvette sat without starting from Dec. to end of Feb. so a few days ago I started it . It fired right up with hardly a revolution and sounded good so let it run for a couple minutes until I got out while it was running to look under the hood . The rubber fuel line at the filter was leaking bad at the screw clamp and there was already a puddle on the intake manifold . I just lost two years of my life from the panic . Everything was just put on there new in the past summer and was tight but I never liked those style clamps because of the way they dig into the rubber after a while . The geared slots are the cause of that . I even went back shortly after they were originally installed and re-tightened them . It was all that I had in the shop at the time but I am replacing all of them with solid clamps and will never use them again on anything .
From: Middle TN by way of KY, OH, VA, IL, CA, FL, NY, SC, HI
Originally Posted by SEVNT6
Another after Winter storage warning....
Always check for caliper leaks before going out on that first drive...
Several years ago my MIL was visiting she asked for a ride in my '65. Went out to the garage to perform my pre-start up checks only to find a puddle of brake fluid under the right rear tire and an empty brake reservoir. As a retired submariner, I use a pre startup and drive checklist. These cars are old.
I received some Chinese repro plastic fuel filters and rubber hose sections from Classic Industries for my 66 Hemi a few years ago. One of the end caps blew off one of the filters and flooded the top of the engine. Threw those out and complained to Classic who said they would replace the failed filter but not the other one. No thanks. Found some later year metal replacements and put them on with the same rubber hose pieces. A few drives later I was again met with the entire top of my engine flooded with gas. Investigation found the laminated 2-ply hose pieces had done just that, delaminated and leaked like mad. Bought quality fuel line at FLAPS and replaced and been OK since. Tried to tell Classic they need to recall that crap and pull it off their shelves. Their response was more or less - thank you, but why would we do that. So beware.
Also, always a good idea if your Holley carb has been apart in the last year and new bowl gaskets used and the car has been sitting awhile, to check the bowl screws and snug them back up as it’s possible the gaskets could have loosened up.
From: Middle TN by way of KY, OH, VA, IL, CA, FL, NY, SC, HI
Originally Posted by DansYellow66
I received some Chinese repro plastic fuel filters and rubber hose sections from Classic Industries for my 66 Hemi a few years ago. One of the end caps blew off one of the filters and flooded the top of the engine. Threw those out and complained to Classic who said they would replace the failed filter but not the other one. No thanks. Found some later year metal replacements and put them on with the same rubber hose pieces. A few drives later I was again met with the entire top of my engine flooded with gas. Investigation found the laminated 2-ply hose pieces had done just that, delaminated and leaked like mad. Bought quality fuel line at FLAPS and replaced and been OK since. Tried to tell Classic they need to recall that crap and pull it off their shelves. Their response was more or less - thank you, but why would we do that. So beware.
Finally all repaired
That's sobering. Imagine a $2 hose with no one standing behind it destroying a Hemi car. Gives me the shudders.
I received some Chinese repro plastic fuel filters and rubber hose sections from Classic Industries for my 66 Hemi a few years ago. One of the end caps blew off one of the filters and flooded the top of the engine. Threw those out and complained to Classic who said they would replace the failed filter but not the other one. No thanks. Found some later year metal replacements and put them on with the same rubber hose pieces. A few drives later I was again met with the entire top of my engine flooded with gas. Investigation found the laminated 2-ply hose pieces had done just that, delaminated and leaked like mad. Bought quality fuel line at FLAPS and replaced and been OK since. Tried to tell Classic they need to recall that crap and pull it off their shelves. Their response was more or less - thank you, but why would we do that. So beware.
Finally all repaired
That's another thing I would never use is the plastic fuel filters . I like the steel ones , AC if I can find .
Back in the summer of 65, when I was 17, I bought a 56 Cadillac Sedan Deville. Took the girl that I would, some years later marry, on our first date in that car.
A few weeks later I had a gas leak that I had fixed at the local Standard Oil station/ garage. The following day I was working and my dad picked up the car to
have something done to it, can't remember what, he drove about 2 blocks to main street and it caught fire. Luckily there there was a State Trooper across the street
with a fire extinguisher and got the fire out. In the process, some wires shorted and the starter kicked in and started pumping gas, I'm not sure how they solved that issue.
Turns out that they didn't tighten the hose clamps tight enough and the gas line blew off, bad mechanics back in the day too. All I ever got from the station was a , sorry about that.
In the end the paint got burned off the hood and a lot of wires melted. Me and a friend untangled the mess and spliced in wires. I'm sure it was a bubba job but we got
her on the road. Didn't keep it too long, bought a 60 Olds Super 88.
That's another thing I would never use is the plastic fuel filters . I like the steel ones , AC if I can find .
I know. They are correct for 66/66 cars and the car had an old set on when I bought it. So time came, I tried to stay stock - plastic. Bad decision and I lucked out as no fire. Mopar switched to steel filters in 68 and eliminated in-line filters at the carbs in 69 I believe.
First After Winter Start -Warning
No thanks. Found some later year metal replacements and put them on with the same rubber hose pieces. A few drives later I was again met with the entire top of my engine flooded with gas. Investigation found the laminated 2-ply hose pieces had done just that, delaminated and leaked like mad. Bought quality fuel line at FLAPS and replaced and been OK since. Tried to tell Classic they need to recall that crap and pull it off their shelves. Their response was more or less - thank you, but why would we do that. 
So beware.
